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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1838 - 1919 (80 years)
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| Name |
Williamson, Bailey Peyton [1, 2] |
| Title |
Captain |
| Birth |
19 May 1838 |
Mecklenburg County, Virginia  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
43256 |
| Death |
22 Apr 1919 |
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina [1] |
| Person ID |
I42449 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Family 1 |
Williamson, Minerva Isabella, b. 1843, Caswell County, North Carolina d. 10 Feb 1875, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina (Age 32 years) |
| Marriage |
Aug 1862 [2] |
| Reference Number |
640392 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F15276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Living |
| Children |
| | 1. Williamson, Herbert, b. Abt 1887, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. Williamson, Rosalind, b. Abt 1889, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 3. Williamson, Carl, b. Abt 1894, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 4. Williamson, Gladys, b. Abt 1899, North Carolina [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F15278 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
16 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Bailey Peyton Williamson (1838-1919)
Bailey Peyton Williamson was born in Mecklenburg county, Va., on May 19, 1838, and received his education in Samuel Davie's Institute, in Halifax county, Va. Leaving school in 1858 when at the age of twenty years, he was appointed agent of the Roanoke Valley railroad at Clarksville, Va., and remained in that capacity about a year, when he was engaged as a drummer for a Baltimore dry-goods house. He was traveling on the road for this firm when the war broke out. Being an ardent southerner, he left Baltimore on the day of the riot there, when the mob stoned the Massachusetts troops as they passed through the city, and he returned to his home in Virginia.
In April, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Col. Thomas F. Goode's cavalry company, which was afterward assigned to a regiment of Virginia state troops, of which I. B. Hood, afterwars Gen. Hood, was then the major. Mr. Williamson remained in that regiment during the summer of 1861, and was then commissioned as first lieutenant of an infantry company organized at his home, which was afterward assigned to the Twentieth North Carolina battalion, commanded by Col. Wharton J. Greene, which battalion was attached to Wise's legion. Mr. Williamson was captured at Roanoke Island in 1862, in February, by Burnside's command, and paroled soon after. While on parole, in August, 1862, he was married to Belle Williamson, daughter of George Williamson, of Caswell county, N. C., and to them were born four children, as follows: Beniamin Robert; Nellie, wife of J. S. Price, of Houston, Tex.; Frank Potts Williamson and Bailey Finley Williamson.
After his parole and exchange, Mr. Williamson engaged in the manufacture of ordnance supplies and agricultural equipments, and carried on this business until the close of the war. In 1865, with Dr. 'vV. J. Hawkins, J. M. Heck and Kemp P. Battle, Mr. Williamson engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery and commission business in Raleigh, N. C., under the firm name of B. P. Williamson & Co. These gentlemen continued their co-partnership about a year, and then dissolved by mutual consent. After that Mr. Williamson, Dr. Hawkins, C. M. Hawkins and Capt. J. J. Thomas carried on the business, with a branch house in Baltimore, Md., under the name of Hawkins, Williamson & Co., until 1872, when the firm dissolved. Soon thereafter, together with Capt. J. J. Thomas and W. G. Upchurch, Mr. Williamson went into the grocery and commission business in Raleigh, N. C., on a large scale, and this partnership continued for four years, when Capt. Thomas retired. Since then Mr. Williamson an W. G. Upchurch have carried on the business under the name of Williamson & Upchurch. Mr. Williamson is also a large and well known farmer in North Carolina, holding extensive and valuable landed interests, owning 2,700 acres of land in Wake and Johnston counties. He is also extensively engaged in the breeding of standard-bred trotting horses at his farm, so well known as Fairview farm, situated near Raleigh, N. C.
Mr. Williamson's first wife died in 1875 and in 1877 he was married to Laura S. Williams, daughter of John R. Williams, of Raleigh, N. C., she died the following year without issue. In 1879 he was married to Ella S. Mial, daughter of A. T. Mial, of Wake county, N. C., and to them were born six children, of whom three survive, as follows: Mial Williamson, Herbert Williamson and Rosalind Williamson.
In 1888, Mr. Williamson was elected a member of the board of county commissioners of Wake county, of which he beca.me chairman, and was re·elected in 1890, again being the chairman of the board, but in March, 1891, he retired from the board. During his term he rendered great service to county affairs, especially in the matter of road making and similar improvements. Mr. 'vVilliamson's father, James Williamson, was born 10 Mecklenburg county Va., in 1801. His life of sixty-five years was spent as a farmer and stock breeder. He was highly esteemed in his community and served many years.as magistrate in his native county. He married Sarah Pool, and to them were born eleven children, of whom three survive, as follows: Caroline B., widow of Maj. J. J. Thomas, of Franklinton, N. C., Marstella A., widow of B. D. Paylor, of Leesburg, N. C., and Bailey Peyton Williamson. Mr. Williamson's mother died in 1864. Mr. Williamson's grandfather, Robert Williamson, was also a native of Mecklenburg county Va. He was a farmer and possessed a considerable landed interest and was universally respected in his community.
Source: Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Edward McCrady, Samuel A'Court Ashe (1892) at 504-506.
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: B. P. Williamson
Home in 1880: Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Occupation: Merchant
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
B. P. Williamson 42
Ella S. Williamson 26
B. B. Williamson 15
Nellie M. Williamson 12
Frank Williamson 9
B. F. Williamson 7
J. T. Williamson 18
Laura Lane 32
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Bailey Williamson
Home in 1900: Raleigh Ward 1, Wake, North Carolina
Age: 58
Birth Date: May 1842
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Spouse's name: Ella S
Marriage Year: 1880
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 20
Household Members: Name Age
Bailey Williamson 58
Ella S Williamson 42
Herbert L Williamson 13
Rosalind Williamson 11
Carl L Williamson 6
Gladys Williamson 1
Sterling J Price 31
Sterling J Price 11
Isabella W Price 9
William W Price 6
Laura Lane 55
1910 United States Federal Census
Name: B P Williamson
Age in 1910: 68
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birthplace: Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
Spouse's name: Ella S
Home in 1910: Raleigh Ward 4, Wake, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
B P Williamson 68
Ella S Williamson 55
Herbert Williamson 23
Rosaline Williamson 21
Carl Williamson 16
Gladdis Williamson 11
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Capt. B P Williamson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 80
Birth Date: 19 May 1838
Birth Place: Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States
Death Date: 22 Apr 1919
Death Location: Raleigh, Wake
Father's Name: James Williamson
Mother's Name: Sally Pool
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| Sources |
- Details: North Carolina Death Certificated of Bailey Peyton Williamson (1838-1919).
- Details: Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century, Volume II, Edward McCrady, Samuel A'Court Ashe (1892) at 504-506.
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